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Ricordatemi come vi pare. In memoria di me

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“Non era sempre necessario essere magnifica, eroica. Sarebbe bastato anche meno. A cinquantun anni mi sento come se avessi bruciato troppo. Troppa energia. Come fossi stata una candela con due stoppini. Mi chiedo se quello che sta succedendo non abbia a che fare col fatto che ho bruciato troppo. Se bruci tanto, fai tanta luce. Ma forse ne sarebbe bastata meno. Forse sarebbe bastato che non fossi io ogni volta quella che parlava per prima, quella che gridava più forte, che scriveva ciò che nessun'altra aveva il coraggio di scrivere, quella che si esponeva.”

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Book:Ricordatemi come vi pare. In memoria di me
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“In democrazia, l'eccezione può diventare la regola; in democrazia, si sottolinea la similitudine di tutti piuttosto che le differenze categoriali; in democrazia, la totalità degli esseri è teoricamente implicita. Ognuno di questi esseri (qui intendiamo "ognuna") può considerarsi individuo, soggetto, cittadino, creatore, uno, una tra tutti e tutte, in un vasto insieme. Ma "ognuna" è anche la persona che è solo l'"uno" singolare, senza l'obbligo di riconoscersi nella molteplicità del collettivo, mentre attinge allo stesso tempo, all'interno di questo collettivo, la possibilità di essere un "uno" singolare. Così l'universale, il particolare e il singolare si elaborano insieme. Tuttavia, l'idea che il percorso di una sola persona, per esempio di una donna fuori dal comune, testimoniasse il riconoscimento del "progresso" per tutte ha prevalso prima ma anche dopo la rottura democratica della Rivoluzione Francese; nella versione liberale, a conti fatti, che si fonda sulle potenzialità di una dinamica personale che diventa esemplare per tutti/e e per ciascuno/a.”

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“Sure we do," said Theo, swatting at a branch. "We get to the spring, Alia gets cured. We argue over the best choice for our We Saved The World victory dance." "I do enjoy your optimism," said Diana. "And I admire your ability to lift a car over your head without breaking a sweat and look fine as hell doing it," said Theo with a bow.”

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“Jacob set his jaw. He didn't appreciate Spock comments. He's received a lot of them over his lifetime, and he knew exactly what they were supposed to imply, and they made him want to throttle people before sitting them down for a long and detailed chat on why the wold would be a much better place if they stopped congratulating themselves on being normal and started to accept that there were countless different normals, and Jacob's kind was just as fine as everyone else's.”

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“Male aggressiveness consists in asking a woman to have intercourse and waiting for her to say yes, or a definite no. Skilful tacticians enhance their chances of making out by distributing their attentions among several women at a time (one version of 'playing the field') thus increasing their statistical chances for a favorable answer, depending on circumstances. This is the height of male aggressiveness that is tolerated. Genuine aggressiveness - rape - [men] have forbidden themselves by law.”

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“Power consists in making oneself the goal of another person's social instincts, without seeking to satisfy one's own social instincts through him. The other then does everything one asks. Powerlessness consists in wanting or having to satisfy one's social instincts through another person whose social instincts one has not succeeded in concentrating on oneself - one then does everything the other asks.”

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“Once a woman has opted for the role of the child (instead of lover) the next step is predetermined. A child must not show too great an interest in sex, on pain of losing both credibility and a child's privileges. A woman who values her status as protegee, therefore, must keep her sex drive under control. She must be in a position to make conscious use of her sexuality for her purposes i.e. to win a man who appears suited to play her father, rather than a man who excites and confuses her senses and her mind. And she must be able to refuse herself to her intended protector until he adopts her or at least commits himself clearly to such an intention. To see primarily the sex partner in a man is the end of her power over him. It means losing the motive of making him her protector - what good is a lover restrained by protective feelings ? - and being quite as dependent on him, sexually, as he is on her.”

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Book:The Polygamous Sex
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